was thanks to their colonial soldiers that they had any claim to have re-entered the war in 1944 as a great power." Reception Critical response Days of Glory has an approval rating of 83% on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 86 reviews, and an average rating of 7.23/10. The website's critical consensus states, "Days of Glory is a powerful historical epic that pays homage to a valiant group of soldiers whose sacrifices have largely been forgotten". It also has a score of 82 out of 100 on Metacritic, based on 25 critics, indicating "universal acclaim". Awards Jamel Debbouze, Samy Naceri, Roschdy Zem, Sami Bouajila and Bernard Blancan won the Prix d'interprétation masculine at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but lost to The Lives of Others. See also 3rd Algerian Infantry Division (France) Goumier Marocchinate Tirailleur References External links Official Days of Glory website (English) More4 News report on the impact of Days of Glory Belgian drama films 2000s war drama films French war drama films Moroccan drama films 2006 films 2000s Arabic-language films Films set in Algeria Films set in France Films set in Italy Algerian drama films 2000s French-language films Abbey of Monte Cassino Films about race and ethnicity Films about racism Operation Dragoon Italian Campaign of World War II films Western Front of World War II films World War II films based on actual events Films directed by Rachid Bouchareb Films set in the French colonial empire Battle of Monte Cassino Films set in 1943 Films set in 1944 2006 drama films 2006 multilingual films Algerian multilingual films Belgian multilingual films French multilingual films Moroccan multilingual films 2000s French films Films about immigration to France